How do we govern ourselves as Unitarian Universalists? Our polity is rooted in congregational democracy, covenant, and shared leadership. This service will explore the principles of UU governance and how they empower us to be a faith of freedom, responsibility, and interdependence.

 

Reading: “Five Smooth Stones,” an excerpt  by Rev. James Luther Adams

“Meaning has  not been finally captured. Nothing is complete, and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.

In liberal religious community, we choose to be in relationship, freely and with consent — never with coercion.

We don’t threaten one another with punishment.

We believe that we have a moral obligation to work towards a just and loving community. We deny the immaculate conception of virtue and affirm the necessity of social incarnation.

Good things come about not through Divine intervention, but through the work of human hands.”